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John Ross in Obamalandia : Death Waltz Across Texas
John Ross. Photo from Con Carlitos.Loose in Obamalandia:Death waltz across Texas(With apologies to Ernest Tubbs) By John Ross / The Rag Blog / March 13, 2010 I. Paranoia stalks the skies. At LAX, flying towards Texas, I am pulled out … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Authors, Books, Border Wall, John Ross, Raul R. Salinas, Texas, UT-Austin
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March Forth in Austin : Students and Faculty Protest Budget Cuts
Naomi Caballero of MACHA speaks at a rally on the West Mall Thursday, protesting budget cuts and tuition increases at UT Austin. Photo by Danielle Villasana / The Daily Texan.Stop the Cuts Coalition at UT-Austin:Protest against budget cuts, faculty layoffs … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Austin, Campuses, Economy, Education, Social Protest, Student Activism, Texas, Unions, UT-Austin
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UT-Austin’s Kuperman : Bomb Iran’s Nukes
Image from Crusader Rabbit.UT non-proliferation ‘expert’ calls forMilitary strikes against Iran nuclear facilities [Alan J. Kuperman is] ‘director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas at Austin,’ but his Christmas eve call to war relies on … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran, Israel, Middle East, New York Times, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Aggression, UT-Austin, Zionism
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UT’s InCite : Documenting a Diverse Community
Patience and attention to detail go into producing a fine quilt. See story about Austin’s Blackland Quilting Group, below. Photo by Priscilla Villarreal / InCite.InCite into Austin:Online publication kicks UT journalism up a notch By James Retherford / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Alternative Media, Austin, Crafts, Diversity, James Retherford, Journalism, UT-Austin
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Lily Keber : Putting Families in Jail in America
Putting children in jail:T. Don Hutto and family detention in America As hope for change in Obama immigration policy dwindles, activists speculate on the fate of family detention. By Lily Keber / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2009 See … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Criminal Justice Reform, Documentary, Family Detention, Filmmakers, Hutto Prison, Immigrant Detention, Immigration, Private Prisons, Texas, UT-Austin, Video
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Robert Jensen : War, the Ecology, and the Quest for Justice
Professor Robert Jensen.War, ecological crises, and the quest for justice:An interview with Robert Jensen If you feel overwhelmed, it’s because we face an overwhelming situation. By Calvin Sloan / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009 [The following is an … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Austin, Capitalism, Climate Change, Ecology, Energy Crisis, Journalism, Peace Movement, Social Change, UT-Austin
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Robert Jensen : Teaching Journalism with a Mission
Can journalism schools be relevant in a world on the brink? By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2009 Journalism schools have much in common with the mainstream news media they traditionally serve. As the business model … Continue reading
Texan Creekmore Fath : He Paddled His Own Canoe
Creekmore Fath with former law partner — and U.S. Congressman — Bob Eckhardt. Photo by Alan Pogue.So Long to the ‘Communist Threat’:Creekmore Fath, last of a generation of progressive activists I met Fath during… future U.S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough’s losing … Continue reading
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Tagged LBJ, Progressive Democrats, Red-Baiting, Texas, Texas Observer, Texas Politics, UT-Austin
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Norman Finkelstein on Israel and the Occupation of Palestine
Norman Finkelstein speaking at the University of Texas at Austin. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. His theory on Israel’s attack on Gaza was that Hamas had become too moderate, too reasonable, too willing to make a deal. … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Gaza War, Israel, Palestinian Occupation, UT-Austin, War Crimes, Zionism
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Dana Cloud : Identifying the Real David Horowitz
David Horowitz, a prominent neo-conservative writer, activist and founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, claims that UC Irvine’s Muslim Student Union supports terrorism against Jews. Photo: Sandra Lee.The McCarthyism That Horowitz Built: The Cases of Margo Ramlal Nankoe, William … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Freedom, Conservatives, Neocons, Red-Baiting, Texas, UT-Austin
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Gender Equity at UT-Austin : Still a Lot of Work to be Done
Gender equity on campus: Still a little behind? ‘Across colleges and ranks women’s salaries are lower than men’s by thousands of dollars, even when qualifications are the same.’ By Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte / The Rag Blog / December 12, … Continue reading
